Sponsored research projects
PI: “Interfacial mechanism and application of liquid polarity regulation to improve solid-liquid separation performance of sewage sludge”, Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (2023-2026)
PI: “Study on transformation and regulation mechanism of water occurrence states in sewage sludge through micro-visualization technique and molecular conformation analysis”, Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2024)
PI: “Solid-liquid separation of digest from co-digestion of multisource organic waste”, Sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, People’s Republic of China (2020-2024)
PI: “A novel strategy for environmentally-friendly dewatering of sewage sludge based on amphiphilic phase-transfer induced by recoverable organic solvent: process optimization & mechanistic investigation”, Sponsored by Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (2021-2024)
PI: “Regulation of microbial community for in-situ remediation of eutrophic surface water body”, Sponsored by Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (2021-2024)
Publications
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1. Boran Wu, Bing-jie Ni, Kristine Horvat, Liyan Song, Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai, Devinder Mahajan. Occurrence state and molecular structure analysis of extracellular proteins with implications to the dewaterability of waste activated sludge. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51: 9235−9243.
2. Boran Wu, Kun Zhou, Yunpeng He, Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai. Unraveling the water states of waste-activated sludge through transverse spin-spin relaxation time of low-field NMR. Water Research, 2019, 155: 266-274.
3. Boran Wu, Kristine Horvat, Devinder Mahajan, Xiaoli Chai, Dianhai Yang, Xiaohu Dai. Free-conditioning dewatering of sewage sludge through in situ propane hydrate formation. Water Research, 2018, 145: 464-472.
4. Boran Wu, Meng Zhou, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Mechanism insights into bio-floc bound water transformation based on synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography and viscoelastic acoustic response analysis. Water Research, 2018, 142: 480-489.
5. Boran Wu, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations. Water Research, 2020, 180: 115-133.
6. Boran Wu, Shilai Hao, Younjeong Choi, Christopher P. Higgins, Rula Deeb, and Timothy J. Strathmann. Rapid destruction and defluorination of perfluorooctanesulfonate by alkaline hydrothermal reaction. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2019, 6(10): 630-636.
7. Boran Wu, Stephanie M. Berg, Christina K. Remucal, Timothy J. Strathmann. Evolution of N-Containing Compounds during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Sewage Sludge. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 49, 18303–18313.
8. Boran Wu, Hao Wang, Chengxian Wang, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Environmentally-friendly dewatering of sewage sludge: a novel strategy based on amphiphilic phase-transfer induced by recoverable organic solvent. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 409, 128212.
9. Boran Wu, Lianghu Su, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Development of sludge-derived mesoporous material with loaded nano CaO2 and doped Fe for re-utilization of dewatered waste-activated sludge as dewatering aids. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 335: 161-168.
10. Boran Wu, Lianghu Su, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Development of montmorillonite-supported nano CaO2, for enhanced dewatering of waste-activated sludge by synergistic effects of filtration aid and peroxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016, 307:418-426.
11. Boran Wu, Lianghu Su, Liyan Song, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Exploring the potential of iTRAQ proteomics for tracking the transformation of extracellular proteins from enzyme-disintegrated waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology, 2017, 225: 75-83.
12. Boran Wu, Meng Zhou, Liyan Song, Qinqin Xu, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Mechanism insights into polyhydroxyalkanoate-regulated denitrification from the perspective of pericytoplasmic nitrate reductase expression. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 754: 1-8.
13. Boran Wu, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai. Simultaneous enhancement of sludge dewaterability and removal of sludge-borne heavy metals through a novel oxidative leaching induced by nano-CaO2. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017, 24:16263–16275.
14. Boran Wu, Xiaoli Chai, Youcai Zhao. Enhanced dewatering of waste-activated sludge by composite hydrolysis enzymes. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2016, 39:627-639.
15. Boran Wu, Xiaoli Chai. Novel insights into enhanced dewatering of waste activated sludge based on the durable and efficacious radical generating. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2016, 66(11): 1151–1163.
16. Boran Wu, Xiaoli Chai, Youcai Zhao, Xiaohu Dai. Designing an in situ remediation strategy for polluted surface water bodies through the specific regulation of microbial community. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2019, 13(1): 1-6.
17. Boran Wu, Dongyang Wang, Xiaoli Chai, Fumitake Takahshi, Takayuki Shimaoka. Characterization of chlorine and heavy metals for the potential recycling of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incinerators as cement additives. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2016, 10(4): 1-8.
18. Xiaoli Chai, Boran Wu, Zhongshuo Xu, Ning Yang, Liyan Song, Jingjing Mai, Yang Chen, Xiaohu Dai. Ecosystem activation system (EAS) technology for remediation of eutrophic freshwater. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7(1): 4818-4829.